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Dawn Bailey
Published: Monday, January 5, 2015 - 01:00 According to a recent IndustryWeek article, the 2015 edition of ISO 9001, the standard on quality management systems, is nearing completion. The new version of IOS 9001 will have three areas of focus: 1. The process approach will be strongly emphasized; that is, the quality management system has to be woven into and fully aligned with the organization’s strategic direction At the Baldrige Program, we’ve interviewed several experts on the complementary usage of ISO and the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence, including Luis Calingo (“Better Than ISO? How Baldrige Benefits Manufacturers“) and Ron Schulingkamp (“Baldrige and ISO QMS: A Complementary Relationship“). To me, the 2015 ISO focus concepts are reminiscent of the Baldrige Criteria. The Criteria guide an organization to align work systems and learning initiatives, as well as core competencies, with its strategic directions as part of planning. In fact, the Criteria build alignment across the organization by making connections and reinforcing measures derived from processes and strategy. In the Criteria, PDCA is called out as a common process-improvement approach within category 6. A key element of this category is improving processes to achieve better performance—better quality from customers’ perspectives, and better financial and operational performance. In fact, the learning that comes from PDCA is key to how the Criteria are used to evaluate processes. The Criteria encourage organizations to choose the tools (e.g., ISO, PDCA) that are most suitable and effective for an organization in making improvements. Measuring product performance (e.g., defect levels, service errors) is part of Criteria item 7.1. Such product and operational performance results demonstrate product and service quality and value that lead to customer satisfaction and engagement. The Criteria also cover risk-based thinking—intelligent risks, a concept introduced in the 2013–2014 Criteria, which state: “Identifying strategic opportunities and intelligent risks is part of strategy, and pursuing the intelligent risks must be embedded in managing organizational operations.” Innovation can result from such pursuit; the Criteria encourage organizations to use creative, adaptive, and flexible approaches to foster incremental and breakthrough improvement through innovation. In what ways do you think that the 2015 ISO 9001 edition and the Baldrige Criteria will be complementary? First published Dec. 11, 2014, at Blogrige. Quality Digest does not charge readers for its content. We believe that industry news is important for you to do your job, and Quality Digest supports businesses of all types. However, someone has to pay for this content. And that’s where advertising comes in. Most people consider ads a nuisance, but they do serve a useful function besides allowing media companies to stay afloat. They keep you aware of new products and services relevant to your industry. All ads in Quality Digest apply directly to products and services that most of our readers need. You won’t see automobile or health supplement ads. So please consider turning off your ad blocker for our site. Thanks, Dawn Bailey is a writer/editor for the Baldrige Program involved in all aspects of communications, from leading the Baldrige Executive Fellows program to managing the direction of case studies, social media efforts, and assessment teams. She has more than 25 years of experience (18 years at the Baldrige Program) working on publications and education teams. Her background is in English and journalism, with degrees from the University of Connecticut and an advanced degree from George Mason University.How Baldrige Complements ISO 9001:2015
The Criteria, like the standard, help organizations serve customers better
2. Superimposed on the system of processes is the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) methodology, which will apply both to individual processes as well as the quality management system as a whole
3. An overall focus on risk-based thinking aims at “preventing undesirable outcomes,” such as nonconforming products and services
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